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  2. Protected Through Mindfulness (outdoors)
  3. Body, Feelings, Mind (outdoors)
  4. Training the Whole Mind
  5. To Activate Your Mind
  6. To Quiet the Mind
  7. Medicine for the Mind
  8. Body, Feelings, Mind, Dhammas
  9. A Refuge in Mindfulness
  10. Physical Pains & Painful Words
     … And he has you hold a vivid perception in mind. He says even if someone were to pin you down, like bandits would pin you down and start sawing off your limbs with a two-handled sword, you shouldn’t let your goodwill be affected by that. He says if you keep that perception in mind, then when people say hurtful things, you should … 
  11. Imagine
     … You use some of the eggs to eat, while the others you crack open and take apart.” In other words, part of the role of concentration is to keep the mind nourished on the path. The other part is to give you something to take apart, while at the same time putting the mind in a position where it can take these present states … 
  12. Keep Your Options Open
     … This is why he said later on that the mind is luminous. That statement is sometimes interpreted to mean that the mind is innately pure, innately awakened. But in context, it doesn’t mean that. He says, “It’s because the mind is luminous that it can be developed.” In other words, it can watch itself. A thought comes through the mind and you … 
  13. Greed for Outer & Inner Wealth
    When the Buddha lists the qualities that set the mind on fire, the list is passion, aversion, delusion. When he lists the qualities that are the basis for unskillful mind states, he has a different list, similar but not quite the same: greed, anger, and delusion. The big difference there is between the greed and the passion, because not all passion is unskillful. After … 
  14. Pleasure from the Body
     … Which is why we need the medicine of this reflection to remind ourselves that the pleasure we get from it is all in our minds, it doesn’t last very long, and sometimes it’s followed by pain, regret. And it’s also followed by really bad habits of the mind. In order to enjoy the body in this way we have to be … 
  15. Just Rightness
     … That’s what right effort is all about, abandoning not only things outside but also things in the mind. You bring your mindfulness to an awareness of the body right here in and of itself, and, using that as your object, you try to develop right concentration, the kind of concentration that’s balanced, that allows for alertness, that allows for mindfulness to be … 
  16. Still
    As you begin to settle in, make a survey of the body and make a survey of your mind. In terms of the body, make sure that everything is balanced. You’re not leaning forward, back, left, right. You’re facing straight ahead. You relax the different joints. You might start at the top of the head and go down, down, down, down, down … 
  17. Care & Feeding of the Mind
  18. Giving Weight to the Mind
  19. At Home in the Mind
  20. Directing (& Not Directing) the Mind
  21. NR Caring for the Mind
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